Read the full judgment text of HCMA 000502/1994 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 19 July 1994.
1. On 20th April 1994 at San Po Kong Magistrates' Court, the Appellant was convicted, after pleading not guilty, of theft. He and his mother, who was 66 years old, had been observed by a store detective in a department store taking a pair of scissors and various groceries without paying for them. He was remanded on bail for a probation officer's report. That report was available when he returned to court on 4th May. He was on that occasion sentenced to one month's imprisonment and fined $1,000.